expected to make 35,000 U.S. dollars or less at their first job.
In 2019, recent male university graduates in the United States expected to have an average salary of 54,374 U.S. dollars at their first job after graduation. In the same year, 35 percent of recent college graduates Average starting salary expectations of recent university graduates in the United States in 2019, by gender
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Statistics on Wages and salaries in the U.S.
Overview
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- Premium Statistic U.S. average annual real wages 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. personal income 1991-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income distribution 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. total compensation per employee 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. inflation rate versus wage growth 2020-2023
- Basic Statistic U.S. monthly average hourly earnings for all employees 2011-2023
- Basic Statistic U.S. monthly average hourly earnings nonfarm payroll employees 2021-2023
Median individual earnings
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- Premium Statistic Median weekly earnings of full time wage and salary workers U.S. 1979-2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. full-time wage/salary workers - inflation adjusted weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. weekly earnings of wage workers 2020, by gender
- Basic Statistic Weekly earnings of U.S. wage workers, by age 2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. full-time wage and salary workers: weekly earnings 2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Full-time wage and salary in the U.S.: workers weekly earnings 2020, by education
- Basic Statistic U.S. median weekly earnings 2020, by ethnicity and occupation
- Premium Statistic U.S. unions median weekly earnings 2022, by union affiliation and age
Median household earnings
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- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2021, by state
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income by age 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2021, by education of householder
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2021, by race or ethnic group
Compensation by industry
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- Basic Statistic U.S. wage and salary accruals 2021, by industry
- Basic Statistic U.S. mean annual wage 2021, by major occupational group
- Basic Statistic U.S. business sector real hourly compensation quarterly change 2020-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. nonfinancial corporate sector real compensation quarterly change 2020-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. manufacturing sector real hourly compensation quarterly change 2020-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. highest paying occupations 2021
The minimum wage
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- Basic Statistic U.S. minimum wage: real and nominal value 1938-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage if it grew with productivity 1968-2021
- Basic Statistic Minimum wages in the United States, by state 2023
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by state 2021
- Basic Statistic Percentage of low wage workers in the U.S. by age 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by industry 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of adults who support a minimum wage increase U.S. April 2021, by age
Accounting for diversity
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- Basic Statistic U.S. male full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. female full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic African American full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings U.S. 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic Hispanic full-time wage and salary workers U.S.: weekly earnings 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. Asian full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 2000-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income of black families 1990-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income of Hispanic families 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income of Asian families 2002-2021
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- Unemployment rate among college graduates in China by degree course 2010
- Share of U.S. college graduates employed in low-wage jobs 2017-2022
- Share of U.S. college graduates underemployed 2017-2022
- U.S. construction employee earnings by gender 2018
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- U.S. average wages of college graduates 1990-2021
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iCIMS. (May 13, 2019). Average starting salary expectations of recent university graduates in the United States in 2019, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052637/average-starting-salary-expectations-recent-university-graduates-gender-us/
iCIMS. "Average starting salary expectations of recent university graduates in the United States in 2019, by gender." Chart. May 13, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052637/average-starting-salary-expectations-recent-university-graduates-gender-us/
iCIMS. (2019). Average starting salary expectations of recent university graduates in the United States in 2019, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052637/average-starting-salary-expectations-recent-university-graduates-gender-us/
iCIMS. "Average Starting Salary Expectations of Recent University Graduates in The United States in 2019, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052637/average-starting-salary-expectations-recent-university-graduates-gender-us/
iCIMS, Average starting salary expectations of recent university graduates in the United States in 2019, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052637/average-starting-salary-expectations-recent-university-graduates-gender-us/ (last visited March 23, 2023)
Average starting salary expectations of recent university graduates in the United States in 2019, by gender [Graph], iCIMS, May 13, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052637/average-starting-salary-expectations-recent-university-graduates-gender-us/